Five Things You Need To Know Today: March 16

1) Newsbit of the Day: Selectmen on Wednesday approved spending $17,952 on legal services by town legal firm Kopelman and Paige in January.

2) Swampscott Scholars:  Lora Barish made the Dean's List at DePaul University for the fall quarter of 2011. In order to qualify for the Dean's List at DePaul, students must earn above a 3.0 grade point average on a four point scale.

3) Swampscott Athletics: Registration for Spring 2012 Intramural Youth Soccer, ages U5-U9 is underway.  Only a few weeks left. Please visit www.swampscottsoccer.com to register today.  Registration will remain open until March 31st and is still only $65.00.  A brief, non-guaranteed "late" registration period ($90 fee) will run from April 1st to April 7th (if we are unable to place your child on a team your registration fee will be refunded).  No registrations will be accepted after April 7th. 

4) Weather Watch:  Showers and thunderstorms likely before noon, then showers likely between noon and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 pm. Patchy fog after 5 pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 47, says the National Weather Service.

5) Tide Watch: Today's low tide at  is 12:56 pm (.12 ft). High tide is 7:21 pm (8.4 ft). The sun will rise at 6:52 am and set at 6:51 pm.